ʻO Fort Minor ka moʻolelo o kahi mea hoʻokani pila i makemake ʻole e noho i ka malu. He hōʻailona kēia papahana ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe ʻia ke mele a me ka kūleʻa mai kahi kanaka hoihoi. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Fort Minor i ka makahiki 2004 ma ke ʻano he papahana hoʻokahi o ka mea mele MC kaulana ʻo Linkin Park. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mike Shinoda ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu nui ʻia ka papahana […]

ʻO Gym Class Heroes kahi hui mele ma New York e hoʻokani ana i nā mele ma ke ʻano o ka rap ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui i ka wā i hui ai nā kāne, ʻo Travie McCoy lāua ʻo Matt McGinley ma kahi papa hoʻonaʻauao kino kino ma ke kula. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻōpio o kēia hui mele, he nui nā mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa a hoihoi i kāna moʻolelo. ʻO ka puka ʻana mai o Gym Class Heroes […]

ʻO Junior MAFIA kahi hui hip-hop i hana ʻia ma Brooklyn. ʻO ka ʻāina ʻāina kahi o Betford-Stuyvesant. Aia i loko o ka hui nā mea pena kaulana L. Cease, N. Brown, Chico, Larceny, Klepto, Trife a me Lil' Kim. ʻO nā leka ma ke poʻo inoa ma ka unuhi ʻana i ka Lūkini ʻaʻole ia he "mafia", akā "ʻimi mau nā haku i nā pilina naʻauao." Hoʻomaka ka hoʻokumu […]

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Mobb Deep ka papahana hip-hop holomua loa. ʻO kā lākou moʻolelo ke kūʻai aku nei i 3 miliona mau album. Ua lilo nā kāne i paionia i kahi hui pahū o ka leo hardcore māmā. Ke kamaʻilio nei kā lākou mau huaʻōlelo e pili ana i ke ola ʻino ma nā alanui. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka hui ʻo nā mea kākau o ka slang i laha i waena o nā ʻōpio. Ua manaʻo ʻia hoʻi lākou he mau paionia o ke mele […]

He hui hip hop kaulana ʻo Grandmaster Flash a me ka Furious Five. Ua hui mua ʻia ʻo ia me Grandmaster Flash a me 5 mau mea rappers. Ua hoʻoholo ka hui e hoʻohana i ka turntable a me ka breakbeat i ka wā e hana ai i nā mele, a he hopena maikaʻi ia i ka hoʻomohala wikiwiki ʻana o ke kuhikuhi hip-hop. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui mele e loaʻa ka kaulana ma waena o 80s [...]

He aha ke kanaka ʻeleʻele ʻaʻole rap? He nui paha ka manao pela, aole lakou e mamao loa mai ka oiaio aku. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina maikaʻi e maopopo ana he poʻe hooligan nā pae ʻāina a pau, nā lawehala i ke kānāwai. Ua kokoke no hoi keia i ka oiaio. ʻO Boogie Down Productions, kahi hui me kahi laina ʻeleʻele, he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi o kēia. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana me ka hopena a me ka noʻonoʻo e noʻonoʻo ai ʻoe e pili ana i […]